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Posted by: Amber Paranick
On July 2,1881 President James Garfield was preparing to board a train in Washington, DC, when he was shot and seriously wounded. Two parallel stories emerged in the press--the President’s fight for life, and the bizarre story of his would-be assassin, Charles J. Guiteau.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Crime, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Malea Walker
250 years ago, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet “Common Sense” was published and went viral across the American colonies. Published in newspapers and heavily debated, this work of the American Revolution is still talked about today. Read all about it!
Posted in: America250, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
This week we shine a spotlight on intern Casey Orr who worked in the Serial and Government Publications Division this summer. Orr researched Native American newspapers and created a guide to those collections, which is now available on our website. Read more about it!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Interviews, Native American History, Newspapers
Posted by: Meg Metcalf
Discover how historic newspapers and periodicals guided readers through autumn with peak fall foliage reports, popular leaf-hunting destinations, and seasonal travel and fashion tips.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Halloween, Newspapers
Posted by: Joel Mota
This summer, Junior Fellow Grace Pryor helped to process the Library’s historic 9/11 Newspaper Collection. Read more about her experience, including some interesting finds in the collections!
Posted in: Interviews, Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
The Library of Congress has launched a new project to improve the text supporting keyword searches in Chronicling America. Read about our recent work and future plans to make this valuable historical collection easier to explore.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
In Chronicling America's new interface, the image viewer provides tools to help you inspect and interact with each individual newspaper page. Here are our top five tips for navigating, clipping, and sharing!
Posted in: Chronicling America, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Meg Metcalf
This post will explore how to use the unique features of a newspaper title record to find detailed information about historic newspapers in the Chronicling America digital collection.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Meg Metcalf
Chronicling America has a new look! This post explores how to use the advanced search features and how to limit your search by title, date, language, and ethnicity.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers